Onbedience - Milgrams Research Flashcards
How did milgrams get participants and who took part
40 male participants through newspaper adverts and flyers
Ad said it was looking to study memory
20-50 years old
£4.50 to take part paid at outset
Procedure of the study
Rigged draw for their role
Confederate mr Wallace always ended up as the learner and participant was the teacher
Expense net was dressed in a lab coat
Paryicaonts were told they could leave at any time
Learner strapped in another room
Give electric shock each time they made a mistake on learning word pairs
Shock was demonstrated to the teacher
Started at 15vplg and rose to 450 volts
After 315 volts they gave no response
What were the 4 profs the experiment would give if a teacher felt unsure about continuing
Please continue
The experiment requires u to continue
It’s absolutely essential that you continue
You have no other choice you must go on
What were the findings of the experiment
No one stopped below 300volts 12.5% stopped at 300 65% continued to 450volts Qualitative date showed that participants were under extreme tension And 3 had seizures 84% were glad to take part
Why did the experiment have low internal validity
Holland suggested oaryicaonts had guessed they weren’t real electric shocks
Perrys research confirms this and in tapes many participants expressed their doubts
What experiment showed that milgrams study was genuine
Sheridan and king conducted a similar study on puppy’s
54% men delivered fatal shock
100% females gave shock
Also 70% of milgrams aorticaonts said they thought teh shocks were real
How did milgrams experiment have good external validity
Central feature was relationship with authority figure and participant
So lab environment accurately refracted wider authority relationships in real life
What is social indentity theory
Alternative explanation
participants idenitfied with experimenter and the science of the study
